It’s been a while since we last looked at the careers of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller - the last we heard of them, they had just put out a hit record with “Riot in Cell Block Number Nine” by the Robins, and they had seen Elvis Presley put out a cover version of a song they had written for Big Mama Thornton, “Hound Dog”. Also at one point I say “sunk” when I mean “sank”, but didn’t think it worth retaking to fix that.
This podcast is brought to you by the generosity of my backers on Patreon. But it also contains all the group’s classic hits. I Must Be Dreamin’: The Robins on RCA, Crown, and Spark 1953-55 compiles all the material from the last couple of years of the Robins’ career before Nunn and Gardner departed.Īnd The Definitive Coasters is a double-CD set that has some overlap with the Robins CD, as it contains all the Robins tracks on Sparks, which were later reissued as Coasters tracks. Lonely Avenue, a biography of Doc Pomus by Alex Halberstadt, helped me with the information on Pomus. Those Hoodlum Friends is a Coasters fansite, with a very nineties aesthetic (frames! angelfire domain name! Actual information rather than pretty, empty, layouts!) Yakety Yak, I Fought Back: My Life With the Coasters by Carl and Veta Gardner is a self-published, rather short, autobiography, which gives Gardner’s take on the formation of the Coasters. Hound Dog: The Leiber and Stoller Autobiography by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, and David Ritz tells Leiber and Stoller’s side of the story well. Marv Goldberg’s page is always the go-to for fifties R&B groups, and his piece on the Robins is essential. I’ve used multiple sources to piece together the information here. Patreon backers also have a ten-minute bonus episode available, on “Raunchy” by Bill Justis.Īs always, I’ve created a Mixcloud streaming playlist with full versions of all the songs in the episode.
Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Download file | Play in new window | Recorded on November 4, 2019Įpisode fifty-five of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Searchin'” by The Coasters, and at the lineup changes and conflicts that led to them becoming the perfect vehicle for Leiber and Stoller.
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